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E. WATSON - The Decemberists
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Tabbed by: Daysleeper_05
Tuning:Standard
From the "Long Live the King" EP.
Letters with slashes in front of them signify the change of the BASS NOTE of the
preceding chord. (on the low E and A strings) Hearing the song will help it make sense.
Three fills are repeated throughout the song:
fill 1(intro):
e|------0---0-----0-0-0-0-0-0--0-----|
B|------0---0-----3/5-5-5-5\3--0-----|
G|------0---0------------------------|
D|------2---2------------------------|
A|------2---2------------------------|
E|--0--------------------------------|
fill 2 (verse fill):
e|------0-----------0----------------|
B|------0-----------0----------------|
G|------0-----------0----------------|
D|------2-----------2----------------|
A|------2--0h2------2----------------|
E|--0------------0-------------------|
fill 3 (chorus fill):
-------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|----------0h2---0---------0--------|
D|----0h2---------------0h2----------|
A|----------------------------3------|
E|-----------------------------------|
Intro:
(Fill 1) x4
Verse 1:
EmAG
The air all painted pallid grey, the storm was comin' in
Dsus2 /C /BEm (fill 2)
Folks were lining out in all directions
EmAG
Me an Holt and Henry Short were pitchin' on the skiff,
Dsus2 /C /BEm (fill 2)
Trying to make it home before the night
Bm/B /F# /B /F#A
And the grey waves were rollin',
Bm/B /F# /B /F#A
Bold the brave, brave ocean
GEm (Fill 1)x2
And rolled us suckers in
Verse 2:
EmAG
Well I don't keep to goings on, I tend to stick with kin
Dsus2 /C /BEm (Fill 2)
But Watson had it in from the beginning
EmAG
He built that house on Chatham bend, a whitewashed knotted pine
Dsus2 /C /BEm (Fill 2)
Ninety acres furrowed for the cane
Bm/B /F# /B /F#A
And he drove it down from Georgia
Bm/B /F# /B /F#A
His dad a martyred soldier
GEm (Fill 1) /G
In the war between the States
Chorus:
AGDsus2 /D /C /B
Lord, bring down the flood
AGDsus2
Wash away the blood
/C /BEm
And drown these everglades
/C /BEm
And put us in our place
Bm/B /F# /B /F#C
(Fill 3)
We layed Edgar Watson in his grave
GEm (Fill 1)x4
We layed him in his grave
Verse 3:
EmAG
Till I'm dust I'll never know why he came ashore
Dsus2 /C /BEm (Fill 2)
With all those killers gathered on the shorelines
EmAG
Kicking holes in ugly mud, with trigger fingers pinched
Dsus2 /C /BEm (Fill 2)
A brace of rifles bristled in the wind
Bm/B /F# /B /F#A
And we towed his body northbound
Bm/B /F# /B /F#A
And buried him all face down
GEm (Fill 1) /G
With a good view into hell
Chorus:
AGDsus2 /D /C /B
Lord, bring down the flood
AGDsus2
Wash away the blood
/C /BEm
And drown these everglades
/C /BEm
And put us in our place
Bm/B /F# /B /F#C
(Fill 3)
We layed Edgar Watson in his grave
GEm (Fill 1)
We layed him in his grave
EmEm (Fill 1)
We layed him in his grave
Em (Fill 1)x3 Em
We layed him in his gra____ve
End